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CanSecWest, the world's most advanced conference focusing on applied digital security, is about bringing the industry luminaries together in a relaxed environment which promotes collaboration and social networking. The conference lasts for three days and features a single track of thought provoking presentations, each prepared by an experienced professional and talented educator who is at the cutting edge of his or her field. We give preference to new and innovative material, highlighting important, emergent technologies, techniques, or best industry practices.
The conference is single track, with one hour presentations over the duration beginning at 9:00 a.m. The registration fee includes the catered meals, and there will be a vendor display and lounge/eating area, where wireless internet access will be available (as well as in the speaking theater). The conference discount hotel room booking system can be found here.
2012-02-23-20:00:00 New PWN2OWN Rules
Re: new PWN2OWN rules.
We are trying some new things with the PWN2OWN competition this year, the idea being to make it less like a lottery, where the first ones to draw good spots and exploit try slots in the draw for positions get to win with their pre-cooked exploit ready. The new rules should make the contest more fair for contestants, and let everyone who travels to compete have a chance to prove their skills on-site (or remotely) and get the prizes also based on their skill and merit. It should also make the contest a little more of a competition and add some fun for observers and competitors. New rules can be found at http://pwn2own.zerodayinitiative.com/rules.html To to facilitate competitors in this event we have several exploit devlopment dojos, including the PWN2OWN pre-game dojo (Bug Hunting and Analysis 0x65) by the ZDI folks that they ran once already in NYC. This second run of it should be even more polished, and effective training in rapid exploit development. There are a variety of dojo courses being offered this year that promise to make teams more efficient at the contest and applying vulnerability information to practical tests.
The laptop prizes which will supplement the ZDI prizes will be the following three laptops:
- Asus Zenbook UX31 with a Core i7 cpu option and 256Gb ssd.
- Asus Zenbook UX21 with a Core i7 cpu option and 256Gb ssd.
- Macbook Air 11" with a Core i7 cpu option and 256Gb ssd.
The prizewinners will be able to choose their preferred laptop in order of prizes.
2011-10-21-16:55:00 Second Call For Papers December 5
So after a dozen years or so organizing conferences, you get the urge to pull levers and try experimenting with things. So this year I sent out the CanSecWest CFP only over Twitter, and G+ publicly. Just curious as to the adoption and information dispersion rate, and some estimate of the attention these newer channels are getting.
So after this experiment I hear about people having submissions and missing the CFP. So for my control set, here is the normal announce message to different e-mail lists. We'll do a Second CanSecWest CFP, but a brief one. Send us your proposal by the end of Monday next week, December 5, 2011.
The questions and information needed is the same as usual (see website), also for my curiosity could you include:
12. Where did you hear about the CFP from?
cheers,
--dr
2011-10-21-16:25:00 CanSecWest Video Posted CFP Opens Next Week
Given the current state of Bluetooth security, it seemed to make sense to release this one first(YouTube link). For your weekend viewing, Michael Ossman teaching us about the way Bluetooth works, the trials and tribulations of designing his own hardware to do Bluetooth Sniffing, the Ubertooh one, at CanSecWest 2011.
P.S. We will be opening the CanSecWest CFP next week.
2011-03-08-12:00:00 CanSecWest 2011 WiFi Weapon of Doom
This year we've decided to take a different approach for the CanSecWest wireless network.
Our network will be fully encrypted using WPA2-Enterprise(EAP-PEAP) AES/CCMP only
A total of five access points will provide coverage for the main conference hall:
- 3 in the 2.4Ghz (802.11g/n) range
- 2 in the 5Ghz (802.11n) range
Authentication and SSID information will be provided to attendees at the registration desk
Your account will provide access through one 2.4Ghz and one 5Ghz access point
If you are using a Windows XP/Vista/7 device, some manual configuration will be required (instructions and assistance will be available at the registration desk)
For all others (IOS/OSX/Android/Linux/Symbian/Mobile 7) it should "just work"
Here is our wifi CA, Windows configuration information to follow soon
CanSecWest 2011 CA Cert
SHA1: 13880612 C9BBA2E1 87853E03 FD995C09 8556D176
MD5: 0438318C 33346F31 BBF30334 0CBD00E6
2011-03-02-12:00:00 Hotel Reservation Link Closed
We have closed our hotel reservation link. If you would like to book a room, please contact yuriko@secwest.com with your name, check-in and check-out dates with contact information.
